Canon EOS R1 Development Announced
In a relatively slim press release, Canon has confirmed that they are indeed developing an EOS R1 flagship camera, aimed for a 2024 release. It will have a new image processing system (DIGIC Accelerator) that Canon says will improve the camera’s autofocus and other functions. The new subject-tracking capabilities in particular sound very interesting, especially the ability of the camera to recognize important subjects with “Action Priority.”
Canon is already working on field tests of the EOS R1, so we may see a few photographers using it during the upcoming Olympic Games. They also shared an image of the camera – unsurprisingly, it looks very similar to the EOS R3:
While the details so far are relatively slim, it’s a safe guess that this will be Canon’s high-speed, high-resolution competitor to the Nikon Z9 and Sony a1. The full press release is below.
MELVILLE, N.Y., May 15, 2024 – Canon U.S.A., Inc. today announced that its parent company, Canon Inc. announced today that it is currently developing the EOS R1, a full-frame mirrorless camera, as the first flagship model for the EOS R SYSTEM equipped with an RF mount and is aiming for a 2024 release.
